Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2022

A primary care physician is the first point of contact when people want to receive care. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, over 50% of doctor office appointments are made with primary doctors. With that said, check out some essential services primary care physicians offer.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

uh, ill defined epigastric or chest pain, and it’s often worse by eating or lying down after meals. You should have the child follow up with their primary care doctor often after about 10 to 14 days on the acid blocking regimen that you prescribed. Use symptoms as your diagnosis. These kids are having indigestion.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? On todays podcast, weve invited Nathaniel Chin back to the GeriPal podcast to talk about what primary care needs to manage this new world of Alzheimers disease effectively. Great to be back.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Love to talk about also in the serious illness population. Emmy: So that older person or person with maybe terminal illness or developing impairments, it might make sense for them to just keep driving because they don’t have a good replacement. And the primary care provider had assumed he was no longer driving, I think.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

Then listen to these prior podcasts with Sean Morrison and Rebecca Sudore about this issue, and we recently discussed differences between Advance Care Planning and Serious Illness Communication with Juliet Jacobsen and Rachelle Bernacki. . Completion of advance directives and billing codes for advance care planning as quality metrics.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

He looked very ill. We are doulas for those with serious illness and those at end-of-life, just a longitudinal relationship, nonmedical support to provide presence. We do conversations on goals of care and advanced care planning as well. John: I am what I am, which is a family practice doctor.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

I can remember two instances of storytelling in training or in education, I guess. And for about five years, my mom was declining from a dementia illness, we think something Parkinsonian. And I turned to my dad and I said, I think mom needs palliative care. And she did have a primary care doctor.

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